1978 Orkney Islands Council election

1978 Orkney Islands Council election

2 May 1978
All 24 seats to Orkney Islands Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party   Leader George Marwick Party Independent Leader's seat Birsay (defeated) Last election 24 Seats won 24 Seat change 1 Popular vote 4,458 Percentage 100.0% Swing 0.0%
Council Convener before election George Marwick Independent Council Convener after election Edwin Eunson Independent

The 1978 Orkney Islands Council election, the second election to Orkney Islands Council, was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. Only independent candidates contested the election and ten seats were uncontested.

Results

1978 Orkney Islands election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	24	1	0	1	100.0	100.0	4,458	0.0

Ward Results

Kirkwall St Magnus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. MacRae (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Kirkwall Weyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Melrose	170	70.2%
	Independent	James Hine	47	19.4%
	Independent	L. Mowat	24	9.9%
Majority			123	50.8%
	Independent hold

Broadsands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Edwin Eunson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

St Olaf's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Marwick	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Quoybanks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Stranger	138	63.3%
	Independent	E. Rose	50	22.9%
	Independent	F. Mearo	30	13.8%
Majority			88	40.4%
	Independent hold

Papdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Allan Taylor	162	87.6%
	Independent	Alma Fotheringhame	22	11.9%
Majority			140	75.7%
	Independent hold

Stromness West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ronald Miller	157	54.3%
	Independent	William Knight (Incumbent)	132	45.7%
Majority			25	8.6%
	Independent hold

Stromness Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brenda Robertson (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Stromness North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Chalmers (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

St Ola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E. Harcus	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Firth & Harray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Laura Grimond (Incumbent)	278	152%
	Independent	Frank Tait	152	35.2%
Majority			126	29.2%
	Independent hold

Stenness & Orphir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Anderson	202	52.2%
	Independent	Susan Flint	184	47.5%
Majority			18	4.7%
	Independent hold

Sandwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.R.T. Robertson	151	58.5%
	Independent	W. Firth (Incumbent)	107	41.5%
Majority			44	17.0%
	Independent hold

St Andrews & Deerness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jackie Tait (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Birsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Brown	179	52.8%
	Independent	George Marwick (Incumbent)	160	47.2%
Majority			19	4.6%
	Independent hold

Evie & Rendall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	George Stevenson (Incumbent)	153	54.4%
	Independent	William Brough	78	27.8%
	Independent	Alastair Marwick	49	17.4%
Majority			75	25.6%
	Independent hold

Holm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alastair Scholes (Incumbent)	196	80.3%
	Independent	R. Robertson	48	19.7%
Majority			148	60.6%
	Independent hold

South Ronaldsay & Burray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alex Annal (Incumbent)	311	52.6%
	Independent	Marcus Wood	279	47.2%
Majority			32	5.4%
	Independent hold

Hoy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ewen Traill (Incumbent)	166	43.9%
	Independent	John Groat	107	28.3%
	Independent	William Sutherland	104	27.5%
Majority			59	15.6%
	Independent hold

North Ronaldsay & Sanday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Powrie (Incumbent)	221	65.6%
	Independent	T. Tulloch	113	33.5%
Majority			108	32.1%
	Independent hold

Westray & Papa Westray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Scott (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Stronsay & Eday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Groat (Incumbent)	160	55.0%
	Independent	Ethel Popplewell	128	44.0%
Majority			32	11.0%
	Independent hold

Rousay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N. Firth (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold

Shapinsay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Zawadski (Incumbent)	unopposed	unopposed
Majority			unopposed	unopposed
	Independent hold